Prominent Attorney-at-Law Bert Samuels says Popcaan has been having difficulty passing through London as he travels internationally because of false claims made against him.
Bert Samuels told Urban Islandz on Wednesday (January 12) that he rejected allegations that his client, international OVO artist Popcaan, was involved in gang-related activities and or that he was charged for a firearm offense in Jamaica.
On Wednesday morning, Popcaan shared that he was stuck in immigration in the United Kingdom for hours because of false allegations placed there by Jamaican authorities.
“I would like to know why someone with authority in Jamaica send information to England immigration that I’m a gang leader and I got charge with firearm, this is not cool at all from my own country, why I have to be sitting in immigration for over 3 hours??” Popcaan posted on his Twitter account.
His Attorney later retweeted his post, asserting that the allegations were untrue.
In an invited comment on Wednesday night, Mr. Samuels told Urban Islandz that he has written to the Home Office, the relevant agency that deals with immigration matters in the United Kingdom, in an effort to remove a red flag place about Popcaan, whose real name is Andre Sutherland.
Mr. Samuels said that Popcaan has not been and has never been detained by an immigration authority. However, the artist has been having an unusually difficult time traveling through London to get to other destinations.
On Wednesday, Popcaan traveled...
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